Sergio Francisco

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Sergio Francisco
Personal information
Full name Sergio Francisco Ramos
Date of birth (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Irun, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Real Sociedad B (manager)
Youth career
Real Unión
1996–1997 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Real Sociedad B
2000–2002 Real Sociedad 4 (0)
2001Eibar (loan) 16 (0)
2001–2002Onda (loan) 36 (6)
2002–2003 Real Unión 42 (12)
2003–2004 Zamora 36 (18)
2004 Lorca Deportiva 19 (2)
2005 Gimnàstic 18 (3)
2005–2011 Real Unión 138 (36)
2011 Sestao 4 (2)
2011–2012 Laudio ? (12)
Total313+(91)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Real Unión (assistant)
2013–2014 Real Unión
2017–2022 Real Sociedad C
2022– Real Sociedad B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Francisco Ramos (born 19 May 1979), known as Sergio Francisco, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently manager of Real Sociedad B.

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Playing career

Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Sergio Francisco spent the vast majority of his 15-year senior career in the lower leagues, amassing Segunda División B totals of 254 games and 74 goals for four teams. He represented mainly local Real Unión.

Sergio Francisco's input at the professional level consisted of 51 matches in the Segunda División with SD Eibar, Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Real Unión, and four in La Liga with another Basque side, Real Sociedad. His debut in the latter competition took place on 17 September 2000, as he came on as a second-half substitute for Edgaras Jankauskas in a 4–1 away loss against RC Celta de Vigo. [1]

Coaching career

Having suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in September 2008, [2] Sergio Francisco retired at the end of the 2010–11 season, aged 32. He joined his main club's coaching staff the following year, under Imanol Idiakez, becoming head coach subsequently with Unión competing in the third tier. [3]

On 5 June 2014, after leading the side to the 15th place in division three, Sergio Francisco was fired. [4] He was appointed at Real Sociedad C in 2017, achieving promotion to the newly-created Segunda División RFEF at the end of the 2020–21 campaign. [5]

On 31 May 2022, Francisco was named manager of Real Sociedad's reserves, recently relegated to the Primera Federación, in place of the departed Xabi Alonso. [6]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 April 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Real Unión Flag of Spain.svg 12 July 20135 June 2014451512184953−4033.33 [7]
Real Sociedad C Flag of Spain.svg 5 July 201731 May 2022165725340268196+72043.64 [8]
Real Sociedad B Flag of Spain.svg 31 May 2022Present732432179175+16032.88 [9]
Total2831119775408324+84039.22

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References

  1. Campos, Pablo (18 September 2000). "Al Celta le bastan cuatro minutos de locura" [Celta have enough with four minutes of madness]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  2. Eizagirre, A. (26 September 2008). "Sergio Francisco dice adiós a lo que queda de temporada" [Sergio Francisco says goodbye to rest of season]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  4. "Sergio no continuará" [Sergio will not continue] (in Spanish). Real Unión. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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